Author: Rob Williams
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Independent Film Review – I’m Charlie Walker
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When is a true story not a true story? When the opening card says “Based on a true story” and the closing one says “All characters and events in this film, even those based on real individuals, are completely fictional.” So is I’m Charlie Walker a true story or not? Well…yes and no. The story…
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Independent Film Review – The Avenger
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I do like a puzzle. Admittedly I prefer when I know that I’m doing a puzzle rather than just not being 100% sure what’s going on. I started watching The Avenger “A British action, gritty, style ‘TAKEN’ set in London and LA based on a true story” as it describes itself. The story is, undeniably,…
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Independent Film Review – Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha
So…what do we have here then? I’ll be honest, after I’d watched Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha I still wasn’t really sure. The majority of the action appears to take place in a ballroom dancing/organised crime subset of the Japanese community in San Francisco. I know that ballroom dancing and organised crime don’t usually…
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Straight Up, No Twist
So many films rely on a last minute twist…M Knight Shyamalan built a career on exactly that. However Baz Luhrmann, in his Red Curtain trilogy, said that one of the basics was “that the audience knows how it will end when it begins”. Personally, I think “when it begins” is overstating things but within the…
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Film Review – The Critic
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Oh aren’t we meta! A wannabe film critic reviewing a film about a theatre critic! All that aside, I had a very pleasant daytime visit to the cinema with my good lady wife. We went along to see The Critic starring Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton. It was a spur of the moment thing which…
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To Binge Or Not To Binge…
Believe it or believe it not, dear reader, but I come from a time there was no such thing as binge watching. But, before I start going on about why I was unable to binge watch anything, let’s try and agree on what we mean by binge watching. Basically, it just means to watch several…
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Best Of British Biographies – Bernard Hill
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in BiographyIt’s not often that I can say that I’ve had the privilege to have seen one of my favourite actors live on stage but one of those rare occasions was when I saw Bernard Hill at the Everyman Theatre. It was in 1974 and he was playing John Lennon in Willy Russell’s John, Paul, George,…
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Best Of Biographies – James Earl Jones
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in BiographyI know I have said that my intention with the biographical essays was to concentrate on British talent. However, the sad news of James Earl Jones’ passing made me decide to make an exception. After all, Mr Jones spent a fair amount of time over here both making films and appearing on stage. Besides, as…
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The Five Best Movies You ‘Probably’ Haven’t Seen (Rob’s version)
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Nearly a fortnight ago Dan sent round an idea for some articles based on films we like but we thought a lot of people might not have seen. His version was posted last week and here is mine! 1, Paper Mask (1990) When is a horrific film not a horror film? Paper Mask is a…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter #226 (July 17th, 2024)
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in NewsletterThe app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. The Five Best Movies You ‘Probably’ Haven’t Seen (Dan’s version) When I talk about these movies most people have never heard of them before. I aim to change that. Read more New Movies This Week…
